Selected Activities, University of Minnesota, 1989-1999 (on leave, 1993-94; 2000-01)
History of Science and Technology Program
(Members of this program make most decisions as a committee of the whole.)
Search Committees (postdoctoral, faculty): 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996,1997, 1998, 1999, 2004
Planning Committee, NSF Research Training Grant for Science and Society Program, 1990; member of the SST Program, 1991-1996; Executive Committee, 1995-1996; DUGS for SST, 2004
Graduate and Undergraduate Courses:
Science in American Culture (undergraduate)
Women in Science: Historical Perspectives (seminar; upper division course)
Colloquium on Women in Science and Technology (1 credit)
Institutional Development of American Science (seminar)
Science beyond the Metropolis (seminar with R.W. Home, Hill Visiting Professor, 1994)
Gender and Technology (seminar with Nina Lerman, NSF Post-doctoral fellow, 1996)
Science in the Americas (seminar with Stuart McCook, NSF Post-doctoral fellow, 1997)
Science and Technology in Twentieth-Century America (Honors; computer intensive)
Natural Sciences in the United States and Britain (seminar with Richard Bellon, visiting faculty, 2002)
Director of Undergraduate Studies, 1995-1999
Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-
Institute of Technology
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Special Programs, 1989-1991
Program for Women in Science and Engineering; coordinator and oversight, 1989-1995
Faculty Recruiting and Retention
Graduate Recruiting and Retention
Undergraduate liaison
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 1991-1995
Search Committees (7 in 1989-1990; 3 in 1990-1991; 2 in 1991-1992 in IT)
Search Committee (chair) for Associate to the Dean, 1990-1991
Search Committee (chair) for Assistant to the Dean, 1991, 1995
Faculty Advisor, Society of Women Engineers, 1989-1995
Acting co-head of Computer Science Department (particular oversight of graduate program including TA assignments, financial aid awards, examinations; new recruitment initiative, computer science associates), 1990-1991
Liaison Coordinator for the Bush Junior Faculty Development Project, 1991-1993
Selection Committee, Chair, IT Professorships, 1992, 1993
Undergraduate Faculty Advising Program, 1995-1997
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1995-1998 (chair, 1996-1997)
All University Activity (selected)
*Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, 1989-- (Director, 1997--); in conjunction with this directorship, also participate in the UMN Women's Programs Group, the Twin Cities Women's Consortium, and the Coordinating Council on Women's Programs in the Twin Cities Area
*Commission on Women: Member, 1989-1999-; Unit Planning Group, 1989-1990; Search Committee for Special Assistant and Chair, 1991; WISE Initiative, 1994--; Chair, *Executive Committee, 1996-1997 (1/5 time position); Steering Committee, 1997-1998 President's Task Force on Liberal Education, 1990-1991
*CIC (Big 10 consortium), Planning Committee for WISE Conference, 1991-1992; WISE Coordinating Group, 1898-1994
*Humphrey Institute Citizenship Center Working Group, 1991-1993
*Humphrey Institute Research Planning Group, 1993-1995
*Search Committee (chair) for Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (Minority Affairs), 1991-1992
*Hill Visiting Professorship Selection Committee, 1992, 1993, 1994
*Humphrey Institute Research Committee Advisory Committee, 1993, 1995
*Center for Citizenship and Leadership, Humphrey Institute, 1992-1993
*Partner Relocation Policy Committee, 1993
*President's Committee on the History of the University, 1994-1997
*University Senate, 1995-1999; Committee on Committees, 1997-2000 (Chair, 1998-1999); 2003-2006
*Bush Foundation Development Planning and Evaluation Committees, 1996-1997
*President's Committee on Long Term Financing of the University, 1995-1996
*Special Committee on International Institutes (in conjunction with UMN fund drive), 1997-1999(Chaired by Vern Ruttan)
*President's Sesquicentennial Committee, 1998-2001; Gateway Subcommittee
*Teleconference on Women in the Twenty-first Century, 1998-2000; Program Committee
*Campus Club, Board of Directors, 1999-2002; Vice President, 2000-2001, President, 2001-2005
*Graduate School New Program Review Committee, Physical Sciences, Chair, 2002
*Selection Committee, Distinguished Women Scholars Award, 2002, 2004
*Women's Leadership Award Committee, Chair, 2003 and 2004
*Grievance Committee, 2003-2005
*Graduate School, Chair, P&R Council for the Sciences, 2003-2005
*Interim Chair, Department of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts, 2004-2005
Other educational activities (selected)
--Committee member or other role for Ph.D. students in other programs including the American Studies, History, Journalism, Rhetoric, American Studies, and Center for Advanced Feminist Studies
--Participation in History Department regular historiography seminar, 1990-2003, and other activities
--State of Minnesota Task Force on Technology Competence, 1991, 1992 and 1993
--Talks to various off campus educational projects and programs, most recently Honeywell Outreach, MinnMATIC Junior College Teachers, Honeywell WISE program, Minnesota High Technology Council, Minnesota Chapter of the American Association of University Women, Keynote speaker for 3-M outreach program, Honeywell WITS program, Society of Women Engineers (Twin Cities Chapter); Saint Catherine's Women in Science Project; Sigma Delta Epsilon (Women in Science) national keynote, 1998
-Sloane Foundation history of technology; helped write grant and coordinate six public films and public lectures in the Ridgedale Public Libraries, 2000-2001
-Presentation on "Women in Science" for Bakken Museum of Electricity and Life, March, 2002
Graduate Students (completed; only Ph.D. students listed from Syracuse University)
Karen Ford, Syracuse University, Ph. D.
Janet Carlisle Bogdan, Syracuse University, Ph. D.
David Sloane, Syracuse University, Ph. D.
Suzanne Etherington, Syracuse University (completed after 1989)
Natalie McIntire, University of Minnesota, M. A. 1993
Rene Burmeister, University of Minnesota, M. A. 1995
Michael Buckley, University of Minnesota, M. A. 1997
Stephen Humphrey, University of Minnesota, M.A. 1998
Mark Largent, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 2000 (University of Puget Sound)
Effythia Vayena, co-chair with John Eyler, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 1999 (World Health Organization, Geneva)
Michael Reidy, co-chair with Roger Stuewer, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 2000 (Montana State University)
Mary Thomas, co-chair with Arthur Norberg, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 2002 (home)
Juan Ilerbaig, co-chair with John Beatty, University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 2002 (job market)
Karin Matchett, co-chair with John Beatty, Ph. D. 2002 (post-doc at Yale University)
Donald Opitz, University of Minnesota, M.A. 1998, Ph.D. 2004
Current Graduate Advisees
at the University of Minnesota
I serve on graduate student
committees in German, History, American Studies, Political Science, and
Rhetoric. I serve on committees of 5 current Ph. D. student in HST and also advise new students until they declare their advisor (5 current students).
Juliet Burba, Ph. D.
Olivia Walling, co-chair with Robert Seidel, Ph.D.
Erika Dirkse, Ph.D.
Mary Anne Andrei, Ph.D.
Paul Brinkman, Ph.D .
Margot Iverson, co-chair with John Beatty, Ph.D.
Susan Rensing, Ph.D.
Georgina Hoptroff, co-chair with John Beatty, Ph.D.
Suzanne Fischer, Ph.D.
Gina Rumore, co-chair with Mark Borrello, Ph.D.